Animals news

• Kyiv zoo braves blackouts and bombardment to keep animals warm

  19-02-2026 12:32
  Staff are using stoves and generators to keep lions, camels and Ukraine’s lone gorilla safe from winter and warEurope live – latest updatesKyiv zoo’s most famous resident lays on his back watching television. On screen: a nature documentary.For a quarter of a century, Toni has been the zoo’s star attraction, drawing tens of thousands of visitors. He is Ukraine’s only gorilla. At 52 – old by western gorilla standards – he needs warm conditions similar to
  
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• TV tonight: Cecil the lion who was killed by a trophy hunter

  19-02-2026 07:10
  A powerful documentary about the death of Africa’s famous lion. Plus: on the trail of a 19th-century Australian gold prospector. Here’s what to watch this evening10pm, Channel 4
  There was worldwide outrage after the 2015 shooting of a Zimbabwean lion, Cecil, by an American trophy hunter, Walter Palmer. This documentary approaches the story from several angles. There’s the story of the pile-on – Palmer became a pariah in the aftermath of his grim holiday. But there’s
  
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